? Just like its predecessor, the new iPad is very difficult to disassemble. Adhesive secures the glass to the case, making common repairs and battery replacement difficult.

? Apple’s estimated to ship 1 million units on launch day, and the environmental impact of this unfortunate design choice will be significant.

? We’ve written extensively about the problems with Apple’s difficult-to-repair iPad design over on iFixit.org:

Psst - your agenda is showing. Guys, I visit for the teardowns, not the “repair politics.” What the heck do you want for $499? A button that does an automatic teardown?

And where have you been since the G3 tower that cut people and the G5 handles that (shock and horror!) you may need gloves or a couple hand towels for to protect your hands? Get the memo: Apple does not give a damn, hackability has never been high on its list of priorities, you won’t change anything, get used to it.

Environmental impact, huh? Resold and even broken/nonfunctioning iPads being turned into recyclers or sold on eBay - for CASH! Yes, any number of companies take in unloved iPads, even Apple!

My crystal film screen protector arrived. My impressions to follow. I’m quite sure I’ll have air bubbles and dust trapped underneath - I already live with that on my iPhone and I consider it a small price to pay to protect the screen.

All that’s left is the iPad Now why isn’t it showing as in transit yet FedEx?

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Thanks, Steve.

So far it appears as if it’s much faster. And it is much more accurate. I believe it’s probably because it does not need the Internet. But I’m not sure of that. Those sentences were dictated in about 3 to 10 seconds.

Posting from new iPad. This thing gets warm. I didn’t really get the wow factor on first look. Then I put safari side by side with iPad 1. No going back. Burns through 20% battery in an hour. I’ll start optimizing. Tomorrow.